Gary
Sheffield
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 18, 1968 in Usa, FL, TAMPA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 35 DET AL $ 9,100,000   8 8 8 10 9 9 6 6 6 9 8 8 9 8 8
2005 36 DET AL $ 9,100,000   7 7 8 10 9 9 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 9,100,000   7 7 8 10 9 9 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 7 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,100,000   8 8 8 10 9 9 6 6 6 9 8 8 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 35 DET AL 155 578 103 177 23 7 34 117 29 12 84 57 .306 .398 .547 .945 120.0 27.6
2005 36 DET AL 154 591 106 166 17 2 28 87 39 11 80 63 .281 .371 .459 .830 99.6 19.3
2 Years Sim 309 1169 209 343 40 9 62 204 68 23 164 120 .293 .384 .502 .887 219.7 46.9
162 Game Average 612 109 179 20 4 32 106 35 12 85 62 .293 .384 .502 .887 115.2  
Career Highs 155 591 106 177 23 7 34 117 39 12 84 63 .306 .398 .547 .945 120.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   816 128 226 30 7 31 121 45 16 98 94 .277 .360 .445 .805 132.2
vs LH   353 81 117 10 2 31 83 23 7 66 26 .331 .438 .635 1.072 92.6
Home 153 557 95 162 24 5 23 90 29 14 82 64 .291 .384 .476 .860 101.3
Away 156 612 114 181 16 4 39 114 39 9 82 56 .296 .384 .526 .911 123.5
RISP   302 0 103 19 5 17 142 0 0 55 25 .341 .446 .606 1.052 74.0
Pinch Hitting   7 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .429 .556 .571 1.127 2.0
Close/Late   123 17 34 1 1 4 19 0 0 26 17 .276 .404 .398 .802 21.8
Mar/Apr 46 170 28 57 9 1 5 29 11 6 21 12 .335 .415 .488 .903 32.1
May 54 213 49 64 9 2 15 43 17 2 30 11 .300 .397 .573 .970 47.5
June 49 186 27 46 5 1 7 22 5 1 20 24 .247 .325 .398 .723 25.2
July 51 198 36 57 4 2 12 38 15 7 30 26 .288 .388 .510 .898 38.9
August 53 188 33 64 7 1 12 40 14 4 38 17 .340 .454 .580 1.034 47.6
Sep/Oct 56 214 36 55 6 2 11 32 6 3 25 30 .257 .331 .458 .789 33.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 35 DET AL RF 151 147 1320.3 303 4 7 2 .978 2.09   2.5
    1B 1 0 5.0 4 1 1 1 .833 9.00   0.0
2005 36 DET AL RF 150 150 1351.7 257 9 7 1 .974 1.77   3.0
  RF 301 297 2672.0 560 13 14 3 .976 1.93   5.4
  1B 1 0 5.0 4 1 1 1 .833 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   302 297 2677.0 564 14 15 4 .975 1.94   5.4
Career Highs   152 150 1351.7 307 9 8 3 .975 2.12    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2005 36 DET AL 5 19 6 11 2 0 3 8 1 1 5 0 .579 .667 1.158 1.825
Career Post-Season Batting 5 19 6 11 2 0 3 8 1 1 5 0 .579 .667 1.158 1.825
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
2004-8-.398
OPS
2004-8-.945
XR
2004-3-120.0
Runs
2005-9-106
Total Bases
2004-7-316
Homeruns
2004-10-34
RBIs
2004-6-117
Walks
2004-8-84
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  6. David Dellucci (922)
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History
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 4/5/2004 (Going to NYA: C Mike Difelice, RF Bobby Higginson. Going to DET: RF Gary Sheffield, P Jose Garcia, P Jeff Allison, 1B Hee Seop Choi)
Had first career hit on 4/5/2004, off Johan Santana (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/2004, off Gil Meche (SEA)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/12/2004, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 10/2/2004